In the Philippines last week well-known lawyer Ferdinand Topacio, who has held government positions and represented clients in high-profile cases, called the former president’s grandson and current press undersecretary a ‘faggot’ on Twitter.

The tweet was directed at Manuel Quezon III, grandson of former president Manuel L Quezon who is thought to have angered Topacio by describing him as ‘Hitler-loving’ in a blogpost.

‘If Topacio has anything against a public official like Manolo Quezon, then he should just stick to the issue. He shouldn’t use his alleged support for the LGBT community to pinkwash his homophobia. His gay slur is not just a personal attack against Manolo Quezon. He’s inciting hatred against our community.’

A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to send coal for Christmas to Faithful Word Baptist Church pastor Steven Anderson after he said ‘if you executed the homos like God recommends you wouldn’t have all this AIDS running rampant’ and donations are pouring in in their thousands

The Australian Labor Party has renewed its commitment to opposing a referendum that seeks to put a constitutional ban on same-sex marriage – despite voting for a motion that would have set up a Senate inquiry for that yesterday